Frozen squirrel poop hints at sights and smells of Ice Age ecosystems
DNA preserved in ancient scat reveals what Yukon ground squirrels ate and what animals shared their world.
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These birds clack their wing bones together to woo mates at night
During courtship, male scissor-tailed nightjars crack their wings together to make a sharp snapping sound. It’s the result of colliding arm bones.
Physicist Richard Feynman’s forgotten notes on ‘the restaurant problem’ finally deciphered after 50 years
Researchers cracked a 50-year-old math problem scribbled by Richard Feynman over lunch. The equations show that humans are better decision-makers than scientists once thought.
Flesh-eating screwworm found in Texas cows and dog. Are humans at risk?
USDA has detected New World screwworm infections in Texas animals, marking the state’s first confirmed cases in decades.
AI cracked an Erdős math problem. Now experts want guardrails
The result is correct but challenges core norms of mathematics: checking proofs, crediting ideas and keeping research open to everyone.
AI could consume up to 3% of world’s electricity the UN warns
AI could soon use more water than we need to drink, UN report finds.
Ultra-rare meteorite could be evidence of a lost planet that once orbited near Earth — Space photo of the week
A rare meteorite found in the Sahara Desert may be evidence of a long-lost “protoplanet” that formed in the early solar system before being destroyed
Look up tonight: Jupiter and Venus will almost touch in one of 2026’s best skywatching events
A close conjunction of the two brightest planets in the night sky will take place over several evenings, with the best time to look being
Supersonic!
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft completed its first supersonic flight Friday, June 5, 2026, marking the first time the aircraft exceeded the speed of sound
How Terry Tao Became an Evangelist for AI in Math
The following has been adapted from The Proof in the Code: How a Truth Machine Is Transforming Math and AI by Kevin Hartnett. Terry Tao
Some pterosaurs may have boasted bold iridescence
A new analysis of a 120-million-year-old fossil suggests at least one pterosaur species shimmered in iridescent greens and magentas.
A drug may help people on GLP-1 meds preserve muscle
In a clinical trial, an experimental antibody reduced lean-mass loss in people on a GLP-1 drug. Whether that improves health is unclear.
Thanks to natural selection, Indigenous Andeans may digest potatoes better than anyone else in the world, study finds
After domesticating potatoes 10,000 years ago, the ancient people of the Andes evolved to have more copies of a key gene involved in digesting starch.
‘A disease anywhere can be a disease everywhere tomorrow morning’: Public health expert on Ebola and the threat of future outbreaks
Live Science spoke with Dr. Ali S. Khan, an epidemiologist and former assistant surgeon general of the U.S. Public Health Service, about the ongoing Ebola